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Statues of Gandhi and BR Ambedkar vandalised in Kerala and Tamil Nadu

09 March 2018

The spectacle of the statue was also damaged.

In Tamil Nadu, Unidentified miscreants poured paint on the idol of Dr. BR Ambedkar in Tiruvottiyur, Chennai last night. The Taliparamba Police detained a man in connection with the incident. The incident came to light on Thursday morning when some vendors came to Gramam Street to open their shops there.

"Incidents of the toppling of statues have been reported from certain parts of the country". Several political parties have expressed concerns regarding the incident. "Persons indulging in such acts must be sternly dealt with and booked under relevant provisions of law", the MHA said. It started with the pulling down of a statue of Vladimir Lenin with the help of a bulldozer in Tripura after Left Front's debacle in the state assembly polls, the results of which was declared on Saturday. While several BJP members celebrated the bringing down of Lenin's statue, party National Secretary H Raja took to Facebook to warn that Dravidian and anti-caste revolutionary EV Ramasamy, who is popularly known as Periyar, would be next.